2009 in New Zealand

2009 in New Zealand
Decades:
  • 1980s
  • 1990s
  • 2000s
  • 2010s
See also:

Incumbents

Regal and vice-regal

Government

2009 was the first full year of the election of the current (49th) Parliament.

Other Party leaders

Main centre leaders

Events

February

March

April

May

June

July

August

October

November

Holidays and observances

Arts and literature

Music

Performing arts

Film

Sport

Horse racing

Harness racing

Thoroughbred racing

Soccer

The 2009 Chatham Cup is won by Wellington Olympic, who beat Three Kings United 2–1 in the final.

Shooting

Births

Deaths

January

  • 4 January – Sonny Fai, rugby league player (born 1988)
  • 17 January – Mike Parkinson, rugby union player (born 1948)
  • 26 January – Gerry Merito, entertainer (born 1938)
  • 26 January – Don Ladner, rugby league player (born c.1948)

February

March

  • 2 March – Robert Bruce, professional wrestler and talent agent (born 1943)
  • 9 March – Graham Mexted, rugby union player (born 1927)
  • 12 March – Mary Batchelor, politician (born 1927)
  • 13 March – Geoff Moon, veterinary surgeon, ornithologist and photographer (born 1915)
  • 21 March – Beach Towel, standardbred racehorse (foaled 1987)
  • 24 March – Denis Miller, air force bomber and airline pilot (born 1918)

April

  • 1 April – Kevin Briscoe, rugby union player (born 1936)
  • 11 April – James Brodie, geologist, oceanographer and amateur historian and philatelist (born 1920)
  • 17 April – Richard Sutton, chess player and legal academic (born 1938)
  • 26 April – Sir Pupuke Robati, Cook Islands politician (born 1925)
  • 27 April – John Bollard, lawyer, environment court judge (born 1940)

May

  • 1 May – Sunline, thoroughbred racehorse (foaled 1995)
  • 3 May – Percy Marunui Murphy, soldier and politician, first Māori mayor (born 1924)
  • 12 May – Dame Heather Begg, opera singer (born 1932)
  • 23 May – Sir Tangaroa Tangaroa, Cook Islands politician (born 1921)
  • 30 May – Ferris de Joux, automotive design, engineer and constructor (born 1935)

June

  • 7 June – Keith Steele, cricketer and lawyer (born 1951)
  • 8 June – Taini Morrison, kapa haka leader (born c.1958)
  • 12 June – Ivan Lichter, thoracic surgeon and palliative care pioneer (born 1918)
  • 19 June – Ron Crocombe, Pacific studies academic (born 1929)
  • 28 June – Tom Paulay, earthquake engineer (born 1923)
  • 30 June – Joan Wiffen, amateur paleontologist (born 1922)

July

August

September

October

  • 3 October – Leigh Davis, writer (born 1955)
  • 4 October – Roger Green, archaeologist (born 1932)
  • 9 October – Noel Bowden, rugby union player (born 1926)
  • 14 October – Martyn Sanderson, actor, filmmaker and poet (born 1938)
  • 17 October – Dame Doreen Blumhardt, potter, ceramicist and arts educator (born 1914)
  • 31 October – Tim Bickerstaff, broadcaster, newspaper columnist and author (born 1942)

November

  • 4 November – Sir Don Beaven, diabetes researcher (born 1924)
  • 5 November – Adam Firestorm, professional wrestler (born 1976)
  • 15 November – Tia Barrett, diplomat (born 1947)
  • 19 November – Pat Mackie, miner and trade unionist (born 1914)
  • 29 November – Bill Hunt, alpine skier (born 1929)

December

  • 3 December – Brian Mason, geochemist and mineralogist (born 1917)
  • 6 December – Eldred Stebbing, record label founder and owner (born 1921)
  • 8 December – Bub Bridger, poet and short-story writer (born 1924)
  • 20 December – John Veitch, cricketer (born 1937)
  • 29 December – Paul Sapsford, rugby union player (born 1949)
  • 30 December – Jacqueline Sturm, poet and short-story writer (born 1927)

See also

References

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  17. "New Zealand champion shot / Ballinger Belt winners". National Rifle Association of New Zealand. Archived from the original on 25 January 2015. Retrieved 18 April 2014.

External links

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